Copyholder



June 8, 1948.

G. FLYNN COPY HOLDER FiledJan. 22, 1946 HI NIL. Hm li In 30 D T D-INVENTOR GRACE FLYNN izfm'w ATTORNEYS,

Patented June 8, 1948 UNITED PATENT 2,442,870 coriznot'iiiiit GrateFlynn, North aas; N; a; Application january 22, 191%; Serial in.iiiflflli- 1 can. itt is) from one line to another as the copyingprogresses.

A further object is to provide a device in which the line guide iseasily movable and is at all times kept accurately related to the linewhich is being copied.

A still further object is to provide a device which can be opened easilyto remove sheets at will and to insert new sheets and in which thesheets are otherwise always held firmly in the grasp of the engagingelements to prevent accidental shifting thereof 7 Further and morespecific objects, features, and advantages will more clearly appear fromthe specification hereinafter set forth especially when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings which illustrate a presentpreferred form which the invention may assume and which forms part ofthe specification.

Generally and briefly considered, the invention comprises a pair ofhinged plates, preferably elongated, which are adapted to grasp directlybetween them the edges of sheets along the margin thereof outside of theline of material thereon. When I refer herein to written matter it is tobe understood that I mean to include not only pen writing or pencilwriting but also typed or printed matter disposed in lines on the sheet.

Particularly the hinged plates are provided with means which constantlyurges them toward each other so that the sheet will be firmly gripped.

More particularly the top plate lying over the sheet is provided with aline guide member slidable thereon, which line guide member extends atright angles to the length of the plates and is adapted manually to bemoved to lie successively just beneath the line being copied.

Still more particularly the device is one which can be easily attachedto the edges of the leaves of a book, a pile of sheets of loosetypewritten matter such as a patent specification, or any other sheets.It may be applied to one sheet at a time or may be disposed to grasp aplurality of sheets at will.

The present preferred form which the invention may assume is illustratedin the drawings of which,

s g "as members dispose'cl'ahd the 'fdrrfi' erinage a w s e nines l f idn m' nu 1|, havin flat cdfifrohtifig faces adapted respectively to lieover and under the edges of the sheet or sheets or pages D and directlygrip- 25 them therebetween. The plates l0 and II may be constructed ofany rigid material such as metal but for lightness of weight I prefer tomake them of a plastic material. In the form shown the top plate H) hascut-away recesses l2, in which are 30 disposed knuckles I3 on the bottomplate ll, thus forming elements of a hinge. The top plate [0 and theknuckles [3 are bored to receive a hinge rod M which is preferably ofmaterial which is resilient to twisting movements thereof. As shown inFigure 2 the rod I4 is pinned to top plate ID by means of pin [5 and ispinned at the other end by means of pin 16 to the knuckle [3 of thelower end of plate I I. The top plate is provided with an interiorlongitudinally extending passage or groove H to which is connected alateral flat passage I8 of smaller cross section opening through theright hand side of the top plate. This narrower passage I8 is curved toslope downwardly at its outer portion and receives the inner end of aline guide bar I!) which is bent to make its lower side or face flushwith the gripping face of the plate l0, so as to lie closely across thesheet D immediately beneath the top plate ID. The inner end of the barl9 conforms to the curvature of the narrower passage l8 and at itsinnermost portion is connected to a transverse head which is relativelylarge and engages shoulders at the junction of the passages l1 and I8and is adapted to 65 slide in the passa e H. The head 20 is heldresiliently in adjusted position in the passage I! by means of a flatspring 2| connected to the outer face thereof, said spring bearingagainst the opposite wall of the passage IT. This construction permitsthe head to be slid along the passage l1 but causes it to be held in theposition shown against accidental movement when at rest so that the lineguide bar l9 will extend truly at right angles to the top plate l and inparallelism with the lines of material on the sheet D. a

In the operation of the device, and with the parts constructed andarranged as shown and described, the plates I0 and II are separated byhand and the sheet or sheets D are inserted therein so that the righthand edge of top plate III will lie along the margin of the paper withit lying outside the left edge of the material on the sheet which is tobe copied and with the line guide bar 19 lying parallel with the linesof material. The plates are allowed to move together to grip the sheet.This movement is automatic under the action of the spring rod M which,by opening of the plates, has been twisted and therefore has resistanceto the opening and will move the plates back to gripping position assoon as they are released to do so. It is clear that the operator willthen manually dispose the bar 19 below the line first to be copied andwhen that line is copied she will slide the bar down another line and soon. The device directly grips the sheet to be copied or a series ofsheets as the case may be; it is extremely simple in construction andtherefore very cheap to produce; it is easy to apply and remove and tooperate; and it may be applied to a loose sheet, a pile of loose sheetsor to the leaves of a book as desired.

While the invention has been described in detail with respect to apresent preferred form which the invention may assume, it is not to belimited to such details and form since many changes and modificationsmay be made in the invention without departing from the spirit and 4scope of the invention in its broadest aspects. Hence it is desired tocover any and all forms and modifications which may come within thelanguage or scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

A copy holder comprising a pair of plates adapted to receive betweenthem a sheet to be copied, a hinge connection for the plates, comprisingmeans for holding the plates in clamping position when released, one ofsaid plates having ;a relatively large longitudinal passage therein anda narrower passage communicating with the larger longitudinal passagealong one side thereof, said narrow passage being open along the opositeside and sloping adjacent the open side towards the gripping face ofsaid plate, a head disposed insaid large passage, a line guide barconnected to said head and extending transversely through said narrowerpassage and out over the sheet in parallelism with the lines of materialthereon, said bar being bent in the sloping part of said narrow passageto make its under face substantially flush with the gripping face ofsaid plate, and resilient means on the head to engage the interior ofsaid larger passage to permit the head to be slid along said passagesand to hold it in adjusted position.

- GRACE FLY'NN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 890,438 Mutzenberg June 9, 1908912,596 McCreary, Decd. Feb. 16, 1909 919,806 Bagly Apr. 27, 19091,019,442 Edmonds et al. Mar. 5, 1912

